shack-tapping

[ shak-tap-ing ]

/ ˈʃækˌtæp ɪŋ /

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the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I fall back into a dream and then suddenly there is a tapping on the window just above my bed.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.
Even Grade School Kids Are Protesting the Garner Killing Now|Caitlin Dickson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In large part Cho raised these funds by tapping into his own Asian American community.
Red Sweep? Maybe, but One Tea Party Incumbent Is in Trouble|Dean Obeidallah|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Tapping into middle-class grievances with populist ideas on the economy is where Warren excels.
Square Deal, New Deal, and Now, From Hillary Clinton, a “Fair Shot”|Eleanor Clift|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tapping the trees for tuba is dangerous work, but Alila, you know, loves danger.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Even the Chinese shrimp-pickers were lounging on the beach before their little shack village.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Seton, smoking one of the inevitable cheroots, watched him, tapping his teeth with the rim of his eyeglass.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Bergin dug a big hole behind that ole vacant shack of hisn, and buried about a ton of tin cans.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
After breakfast fixed up shack—shelves, benches, tools, etc.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower